WEIRTON, W. Virg. (May 28, 2014) -- David Brown stormed back to top two of the region's top players and win the 2014 Western Pennsylvania Mid-Amateur Championship at Williams Country Club.

Brown followed his first-round 71 up with a 4-under 68 on Wednesday to win by a shot over Arnold Cutrell (71-69), Mike Marron (71-69) and Artie Fink, Jr. (69-71).

Brown surged in the final round to topple leader Rick Stimmel and Nathan Smith, who was tied for second place overnight.

Stimmel, a former U.S. Open participant, finished alone in fifth place after a final-round 73. Smith, a four-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champ and two-time U.S. Walker Cup team member, shot a closing 74 and finished tied for sixth place.

ABOUT THE WPGA Mid-Amateur

The Mid-Amateur Championship was started
in
1985 for amateur golfers residing in western
Pennsylvania who are twenty-five years of
age or
older. The event is thirty-six holes of stroke
play.